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[MarkGearhart]

Thank you.

Edited by MarkGearhart, 26 January 2012 - 10:28 AM.

[Marko]

Hi Mark,

How much bandwidth does your "basic telus wifi broadband connection" provide?

Since wifi is a shared medium all clients are sharing and contending for the bandwidth available through the wifi link.
For example, if you users are contending with 50 others over a 100mb/s Ethernet attached to the access point, their actual available bandwidth becomes 2mb/s.

Another limiting factor is the router's resources. A Linksys router may be capable of handling 15-20 simultaneous users, if you have more users then that, use a Ubiquiti or Mikrotik router.

Which firmware did you download? What is your router's model?
You can use our step-by-step setup guide here: http://www.hotspotsy...tall_guide.html

After you change the firmware, and configure a few settings your hotspot is ready! You router will be set to receive the splash page and authenticate users from our servers located in 4 different places around the world.  You can start collecting payment right away.
Please see this article on the topic: http://www.hotspotsy...=5042-EROP-0462

[wiflow]

what would

Marko, on 28 November 2011 - 07:23 PM, said:

Hi Mark,

How much bandwidth does your "basic telus wifi broadband connection" provide?

Since wifi is a shared medium all clients are sharing and contending for the bandwidth available through the wifi link.
For example, if you users are contending with 50 others over a 100mb/s Ethernet attached to the access point, their actual available bandwidth becomes 2mb/s.

Another limiting factor is the router's resources. A Linksys router may be capable of handling 15-20 simultaneous users, if you have more users then that, use a Ubiquiti or Mikrotik router.

Which firmware did you download? What is your router's model?
You can use our step-by-step setup guide here: http://www.hotspotsy...tall_guide.html

After you change the firmware, and configure a few settings your hotspot is ready! You router will be set to receive the splash page and authenticate users from our servers located in 4 different places around the world.  You can start collecting payment right away.
Please see this article on the topic: http://www.hotspotsy...=5042-EROP-0462

what would you suggest to start off as far as bandwidthwith with a typical downtown connection thats not crazy busy on a linksys wrt?

[Marko]

Check this bandwidth calculator to get a good estimate. http://www.bnecomput...idth-input.html

[wiflow]

Can you give me an idea, as to make the connection strong enough to stream youtube videos?     That page still is a bit vague, not being technical person.  What do hotspot users typically by from their providers for a coffee shop per se?

[Marko]

I don't have exact data on how much bandwidth our operators purchase from their ISP, but I can give you some figures so you can make a good estimate on how much your hotspot will require.

These are the requirements per user, and you will have to multiply the value by the number of users you anticipate will simultaneous use the hotspot.

Downstream:

web browsing, online gaming:  1Mbps
Streaming videos:                    3-4Mbps
Streaming HD videos:              5-9Mbps

Upstream:

audio/video streaming:  256 Kbps

[wiflow]

Hi, ive got as far as loading this firmware onto the linksys : Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/10/09) std
Time: 00:02:46 up 2 min, load average: 0.05, 0.08, 0.03

I cant seem to get the proper time (its always moving) or get past this point.  Can you help me from here? Thank you.

[wiflow]

Im trying to use ethernet internet through my linksys router after the firmware update from my cable modem.  Also have attempted rebooting computer and router.  Linksys version 4.24 wrt54g

Edited by wiflow, 02 January 2012 - 04:33 PM.

[Marko]

The router's time must be set to GMT+0 and DST set to off

If the time doesn't display GMT+0 properly then you may want to add an NTP server. Please see this article on the topic: http://www.hotspotsy...=7576-RKZX-8095

[wiflow]

the time settings were off, but still where it says time looks like some random number thats constantly fluctuating.  Also, i can not use the internet through the router's ethernet or wirelessly.    Should i start all over again? Maybe i didnt flash it properly?

[wiflow]

tried to set the time with both methods ( they were different than listed ) but still no go..

[Marko]

If you set the NTP servers in the configuration and the time still did not show the correct GMT+0 time, then its also possible that the router could not connect to the NTP servers. You can try to add the ip address of the NTP server instead of the domain name, and also see if the router is able to ping the ip address?  Otherwise a simple factory reset may help.

[wiflow]

Hi, ive got as far as this

can you give me a hand?

please see image
http://f.cl.ly/items...11.30.06 AM.png

[wiflow]

the yellow light is on, the time looked right, just cant get onto the splash page.  Notice the exclamation mark

[wiflow]

tried setting to LAN and WLAN under services, rebooted computer

[Marko]

First we need to know what the ip address is that you get when you connect.  The ip address should be 192.168.182.X, if not you need to check what the dhcp interface is set to under services/hotspot.  (check in windows under connection/status/ipv4 address)

If you don't get an ip adderss on the 192.168.182.X network you also need to to check if the chillispot process is running on the router (which will provide the hotspot functions). To check if chilli is running, and try to start it manually you can use the procedure as outlined in this tutorial:  http://www.hotspotsy...=7681-YOAN-6356

If all of these are set, then it may be that a dns server needs to be added under the basic settings. (local dns)


As a test, open http://195.228.254.1...tomer/index.php (customer.hotspotsystem.com)
you should get a message OPERATOR DOESN'T EXISTS!

[wiflow]

WHAT DOES THE EXCLAIMATION POINT MEAN?  IM RUNNING ON MAC 0SX

[wiflow]

I SAVED DHCP INTERFACE TO eth1 to test

[wiflow]

also i keep getting these emails from you guys when i plug back in

[Marko]

Fill out the value under "dns ip".  You can use your ISP's dns server, or Google's free server of 8.8.8.8

What ip address do you get when you connect to the router?